What this page says about Clare was read from the State of Michigan's Secretary of State office map layer, the Secretary of State's offices FAQ and its branch office fax numbers document on October 21, 2026, and those sources are linked beside each fact.
Clare Secretary of State Office at 121 Schoolcrest, Clare, MI 48617: where the address comes from, the statewide hours, scheduling a visit, what a branch office does, and the other Secretary of State offices nearby.
In this guide: Address and telephone, Hours at Clare, What Clare handles, Appointments and what you can do online, Other Secretary of State offices near Clare, Before you go to Clare, Questions about Clare
Address and telephone
Clare Secretary of State Office
121 Schoolcrest, Clare, MI 48617
The Secretary of State publishes no telephone number for any office; its one line is 888-SOS-MICH, (888) 767-6424
The State of Michigan's own Secretary of State office map layer places Clare, branch number 331, at 121 Schoolcrest, Clare, MI 48617, read October 21, 2026; the Secretary of State's offices FAQ says the address of an office is also shown when a visit is scheduled. The Secretary of State's branch office fax numbers document lists Clare at 121 Schoolcrest Ave., Clare, MI 48617 with fax (989) 386-4093.
The state office map layer places Clare at 43.82675703787042, -84.76706045865402.
Hours at Clare
The Secretary of State publishes no hours for Clare Secretary of State Office or any single office. Its offices FAQ, read October 21, 2026, gives Clare the same week as every other office: 9 am to 5 pm Eastern time (8 am to 4 pm Central) on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 11 am to 7 pm Eastern (10 am to 6 pm Central) on Wednesday, and a 10 am Eastern opening on the first Thursday of each month; it says some offices close for lunch or open only on certain weekdays and that all close on state holidays. The hours that apply to Clare on a given day are shown when a visit there is scheduled.
Clare closes on state holidays, which is all the Secretary of State's offices FAQ says about holidays; it publishes no dated list for 2026.
What Clare handles
The Secretary of State publishes no service list for Clare Secretary of State Office; its FAQ says every office offers instant title service, and the transaction chosen when a visit is scheduled is what the office prepares for.
Clare is one of the 131 Secretary of State branch offices the offices FAQ counts, alongside seven mobile offices. A branch office like Clare does the driver and vehicle work in one place: a first license or state ID, a renewal that cannot be done online, an enhanced license, a title transfer, tabs and plates, and a driving record. The Secretary of State office guide says what to book at Clare and what to bring.
The FAQ says a visit to Clare is served in about 20 minutes when scheduled, that a walk-in is given the next available slot, which may be later that day or the next business day, and that the office takes cash, a check or money order to the State of Michigan, cards and Apple Pay, Google Pay or Samsung Pay, with a processing fee on a card.
Appointments and what you can do online
The Secretary of State asks everyone going to Clare to schedule an office visit, up to six months ahead, online or on (888) 767-6424; its FAQ says the scheduling system walks through what to bring for the transaction and shows the office address and the day's hours.
A tab or plate renewal, a license or ID renewal, an address change and a driving record for someone near Clare can be done without the trip through the Secretary of State's online services or at one of the more than 160 self-service stations its FAQ counts; the online services guide says which transactions those are.
Other Secretary of State offices near Clare
Clare Secretary of State Office is the only office The Secretary of State lists in Clare.
By straight line distance from the map point for Clare, the 5 nearest are:
- Mount Pleasant Secretary of State Office, 2305 Hawthorne Dr, Mount Pleasant, MI 48858, about 15 miles
- Gladwin Secretary of State Office, 675 E. Cedar Ave Suite 1, Gladwin, MI 48624, about 18 miles
- Midland Secretary of State Office, 1832 N Saginaw, Midland, MI 48640, about 29 miles
- Alma Secretary of State Office, 1586 Wright Ave, Alma, MI 48801, about 30 miles
- Prudenville Secretary of State Office, 2565 S Gladwin Rd PO Box 169, Prudenville, MI 48651, about 33 miles
All 131 Michigan Secretary of State offices, Clare among them, are on the Michigan Secretary of State office list.
Before you go to Clare
For a first license, a state ID or an enhanced license at Clare take the documents on the Secretary of State's first time license or ID page: identity, Social Security number, Michigan residence and, for an enhanced document, citizenship. The Michigan REAL ID guide and the identity and residency guide set them out for a visit to Clare.
What a transaction at Clare costs is on the Secretary of State's license and ID page and its title and registration page, $25 for a first operator license and $15 for a title transfer among them, and in the Michigan fee guide.
Calling (888) 767-6424 reaches the Secretary of State's call center, not a telephone inside Clare; the FAQ says the local branch numbers were replaced by that one line.
Questions about Clare
Where is Clare Secretary of State Office?
The Secretary of State lists Clare at 121 Schoolcrest, Clare, MI 48617.
What are the hours at Clare?
The Secretary of State publishes no hours for Clare itself; its FAQ gives one week for every office, 9 am to 5 pm Eastern on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 11 am to 7 pm on Wednesday.
What is the telephone number for Clare?
The Secretary of State replaced the Clare branch number, like every other, with one line, 888-SOS-MICH, (888) 767-6424, staffed 8:30 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday.
What can you do at Clare?
The Secretary of State publishes no service list for Clare; its FAQ says every office offers instant title service.
What kind of office is Clare?
The Secretary of State lists Clare as a Secretary of State branch office.
More Michigan SOS pages
Other offices and the rules behind them: all 131 Michigan SOS offices and the Michigan SOS guide.
What to bring and what it costs before you go: when a Michigan license has to be renewed, the Michigan vehicle registration and titling a vehicle in Michigan.
The courts, the sheriff and the recorder for the same place are on SearchSystems: Clare County public records.